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So, is it illegal these days to discipline in any form in the classroom? I think a couple of us wanted to discipline those students on Tuesday's junior high visit. I think that there are too many teachers that are too afraid to do anything, whether it be an enforcement of a citizenship grade or loss of privileges, to help the students maintain respect and task. It seems, as I was observing the students on Tuesday, that they know what they can get away with, and that there are not going to be any real repercussions for their behavior. I noticed at the end of the lesson, the teacher was signaling to one of his students to turn around and pay attention. The student did not comply. If I were the teacher and visitors were coming to my classroom and my students were rowdy, I would interrupt the visitor's' presentation and readdress the fact that their behavior was not satisfactory. I need to observe more teachers and their students to learn more, but from what I have seen so far, not many teachers stand up and hold their own floor.